During the administration of former US president George W. Bush , the US government tortured opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and transferred them to Libya, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced in a report released Wednesday. The report, entitled “Delivered Into Enemy Hands: US-Led Abuse and Rendition of Opponents to Gaddafi’s Libya,” details the [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Wednesday upheld a controversial provision of Arizona’s immigration law that requires law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of persons they stop or arrest if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the US illegally. Judge Susan Bolton, [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reconsider a case in which it decided last month that police use of GPS tracking on a person’s cell phone is not an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment . The ACLU asserts that this decision [...]

The International Labor Organization (ILO) announced Wednesday that the Convention on Domestic Workers (CDW) , which states that workers who manage families and households for a living should be guaranteed the same labor rights as all other workers, will go into effect next year following ratification by the Philippines. The CDW was adopted by the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit , sitting en banc on Wednesday, ruled that Minnesota’s disclosure requirement law for political contributions is unconstitutional, reversing an earlier decision by a three-judge panel. The law reaches nearly all associations and requires that all donations for political purposes require record-keeping and disclosure. The court found, [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday allowed a New Hampshire law requiring the use of photo identification in order to cast a regular ballot during elections. The new law is schedule to take effect on September 13. Voters who are unable to present a government issued will be permitted to cast a regular [...]

Greek judges and court employees on Wednesday assembled in front of the country’s Supreme Court in Athens to protest proposed pay cuts under the austerity measures for 2013-2014 which will eliminate public sector jobs and lower wages and pension plans. Around 200 judges, public prosecutors and court workers announced that they will cut the operating [...]

A German state official clarified Wednesday that circumcision for religious reasons is legal in Berlin. State justice minister Thomas Heilmann stated that circumcision would be legal if (1) parents consent to such procedure in writing after they were informed of the associated risks; (2) parents are able to present the religious reason and need for [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Ryan Suto, Syracuse University College of Law Class of 2013, discusses how the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry acts as a method of rule-of-law in post-conflict resolution and acknowledges its limitations… On February 14, 2011, Bahrain joined the Arab Spring when thousands of protesters filled the streets, demanding economic reforms from King [...]

Attorneys for Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Public Utility Commission (PUC) filed a brief with the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Tuesday arguing that the appellate court erred in overturning portions of Pennsylvania’s Act 13 . The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled in July that the act violated the state’s constitution by placing zoning rights [...]